What does Curb mean?
Definitions for Curb
kɜrbcurb
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Curb.
Princeton's WordNet
curb, curbing, kerbnoun
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curb, curb bitnoun
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curbnoun
a stock exchange in New York
bridle, check, curbverb
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
"his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderateverb
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
"moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb
to put down by force or authority
"suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
curbverb
keep to the curb
"curb your dogs"
restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb
place restrictions on
"curtail drinking in school"
Wiktionary
curbnoun
A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
curbnoun
A raised margin along the edge of something, as a strengthening.
curbnoun
Something that checks or restrains.
curbnoun
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
curbnoun
A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with an adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
curbverb
To check, restrain or control.
curbverb
To rein in.
curbverb
To furnish with a curb.
curbverb
To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
curbverb
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
Etymology: From courbe, from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CURBnoun
1.A curb is an iron chain, made fast to the upper part of the branches of the bridle, in a hole called the eye, and running over the beard of the horse. Farrier’s Dict.
Etymology: courber, to bend, French.
The ox hath his bow, the horse his curb, and the faulcon his bells; so man hath his desire. William Shakespeare, As you like it.
So four fierce coursers, starting to the race,
Scow’r through the plain, and lengthen ev’ry pace;
Nor reins, nor curbs, nor threat’ning cries they fear. Dryd.The Roman state, whose course will on
The way it takes, cracking ten thousand curbs
Of more strong links asunder, than can ever
Appear in your impediment. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.We remain
In strictest bondage, though thus far remov’d,
Under th’ inevitable curb, reserv’d
His captive multitude. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 322.By these men, religion, that should be
The curb, is made the spur to tyranny. John Denham, Sophy.Even they who think us under no other tie to the true interest of our country, will allow this to be an effectual curb upon us. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
To Curbverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. John Milton.
Were not the laws planted amongst them at the first, and had they not governours to curb and keep them still in awe and obedience? Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Then thou, the mother of so sweet a child,
Her false imagin’d loss cease to lament,
And wisely learn to curb thy sorrows wild. John Milton.If sense and learning are such unsociable imperious things, he ought to keep down the growth of his reason, and curb his intellectuals. Jeremy Collier, on Pride.
At this she curb’d a groan, that else had come;
And pausing, view’d the present in the tomb;
Then to the heart ador’d devoutly glew’d
Her lips, and raising it, her speech renew’d. John Dryden, Fables.’Till force returns, his ardour we restrain,
And curb his warlike wish to cross the main. Dryden.Knowing when a muse should be indulged
In her full flight, and when she should be curbed. Wentworth Dillon.Some poor cottage on the mountain’s brow,
Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires,
And houshold cares suppress thy genial fires. Matthew Prior.Nature to all things fix’d the limits fit,
And wisely curb’d proud man’s pretending wit. Alexander Pope.Yet you are curb’d from that enlargement by
The consequence of the crown. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.
Wikipedia
Curb
A curb (North American English), or kerb (Commonwealth English except Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.
ChatGPT
curb
A curb is a raised edge or border often along the side of a street or road, designed to separate the pedestrian sidewalk from the traffic lanes. It acts as a barrier to prevent vehicles from moving onto the pavement, channel rainwater to storm drains, and provide a guiding line for visually impaired pedestrians. It can also refer to restraining or keeping something in check.
Webster Dictionary
Curbverb
to bend or curve
Curbverb
to guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check
Curbverb
to furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth
Curbverb
to bend; to crouch; to cringe
Curbnoun
that which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse
Curbnoun
an assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome
Curbnoun
a frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in
Curbnoun
a curbstone
Curbnoun
a swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness
Etymology: [F. courber to bend, curve, L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. kyrto`s curved. Cf. Curve.]
Wikidata
Curb
Curb is the first studio album by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Originally self-released by the band on May 1, 1996, the album was later reissued by Roadrunner in 2002, with a different album cover. The album is named after a friend named Curby, who was killed in a car accident, along with his girlfriend who was also in the car. The original album cover is a picture of the wrecked car that Curby was killed in. The songs "Where?", "Fly", "Left" and "Window Shopper" had previously been released on the band's first extended play Hesher, and were re-recorded for the album. "Just Four" was later re-recorded and released as "Just For" on the band's third album, Silver Side Up, in 2001. When reissued in 2002, Curb entered the American Billboard 200 albums chart at number 182. The album received its first certification 14 years after its release date; it was certified Gold in Canada as of March 2010. The majorly distorted guitar riffs and raw vocals from Curb are not as present in later releases. "Fly" was released as the only single from the album, in July 1996, for which the band's first promotional music video was also recorded. It showed the band playing at what appeared to be a party at a house.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Curb
kurb, v.t. to bend to one's will: to subdue: to restrain or check: to furnish with or guide by a curb.—n. that which curbs: a check or hinderance: a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle for restraining the horse.—adjs. Curb′able; Curb′less.—ns. Curb′-roof, a roof whose upper rafters have a less inclination than the lower ones; Curb′stone, Kerb′stone, a stone placed edgeways against earth or stone work to check it. [Fr. courber, from L. curvus, crooked, bent.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CURB
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Curb is ranked #52619 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Curb surname appeared 394 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Curb.
63.2% or 249 total occurrences were White.
32.4% or 128 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.2% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Curb in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Curb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Curb in a Sentence
The measure is mainly intended to curb irrational speculation, which could be good for the overall market in the long run, yet could bode ill for speculative stocks in the short term.
It will install curb ramps throughout the city, fix sidewalks that are broken and torn up by tree roots, install accessible sidewalks where they do not exist, and remove many other barriers.
Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India—with soaring energy needs—don't also embrace cleaner fuels, then we don't stand a chance against climate change.
COVID-19 vaccines have undergone – and will continue to undergo – the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.Vaccinatingchildrenwill help protect them from getting COVID-19 and therefore reducing their risk of severedisease, hospitalizations, or developing long-term COVID-19 complications.Getting your children vaccinated can help protect them against COVID-19, as well as reduce disruptions to in-person learning and activities by helping curb community transmission, we know from our experience with the Delta variant that this virus is unpredictable, and we cannot afford to be complacent. It is critical to use science and data to guide our decisions about the pandemic and school COVID-19 plans.
We need the U.S. government to continue to lend its political and logistical support to the legitimate government and the Arab coalition, this will, in turn, help reinstating the government institutions, which will curb AQAP operations and lead to its demise. The conflict, according to the U.N., has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people, displaced millions and gutted the infrastructure of the country, already considered the poorest in the Middle East before the war began. Over the past few months, Yemen has been devastated not only by bombs and bullets, but has experienced a severe return of the once almost extinct – and under normal circumstances highly treatable – cholera. American involvement in the fight is increasing. Although the U.S. was forced to shutter Yemen Embassy in Washington D.C. in Yemen in 2015 and pull out special operations forces pursuing AQAP operatives as the conflict spiraled, the American military isincreasinglyembroiled in the embattled nation. U.S. troops have returned in small numbers, and the Trump administration has vastly accelerated the number of operations in the region in recent months. America’s engagement inside Yemen and its backing of The Saudi-led coalition, which supports Mubarak and the rest of the internationally-recognized government, is steeped in controversy. Government forces, Houthi rebels and Al-Qaeda factions control different parts of war-torn Yemen Much of the international media and human rights bodies have accused the U.S. of propping up a bloody Saudi-initiated war, a criticism Mubarak sharply denies. Some of the criticism may reflect a misunderstanding of the history and nature of the conflict. While many have framed the war as a Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict, Mubarak insists the two groups of Muslims, Shia and Sunni, have co-existed in Yemen for a very long time. ISIS, SQUEEZED OUT OF IRAQ AND SYRIA, NOW' REGROUPING' IN LIBYA, ANALYSTS SAY AL QAEDA IN AFGHANISTAN : HOW TERROR GROUP SURVIVES, THRIVES YEMENI REBELS SAY TARGETED UAE SHIP OF The Saudi-led coalition.
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- обуздавам, спирачка, обуздаване, юзда, слагам юздаBulgarian
- beherrschen, Einschränkung, Beherrschung, mäßigen, einschränken, Kandare, bändigen, zurückhalten, Zurückhaltung, Beschränkung, Zwang, Mäßigung, hemmenGerman
- bordilloSpanish
- endiguer, restreindreFrench
- srianScottish Gaelic
- नियंत्रणHindi
- frenare, tenere a frenoItalian
- beteugelen, intomenDutch
- сдерживать, укрощатьRussian
- கட்டுப்படுத்துTamil
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